| Contents |
Part one: The viola and its luthiers. The viola. The instrument ; Description and dimensions ; Viola making in Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuries ; The Amati family ; Fewer violas! ; The Guarneri family ; Stradivarius -- Viola making in Brescia in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Gasparo da Salo school ; Zanetto ; Conclusion -- Italian violas from c.1700 to the present. Italian violas in the 19th century ; 20th century Italian violas ; Conclusion -- German violas. Jacobus Stainer ; The Matthias Kloz family ; George Kloz ; Other German makers ; 19th century German violas ; Markneukirchen -- English and French violas in the 18th and 19th centuries. English violas ; French violas ; Vuillaume -- Experiments in the design of the viola. The John Magashazi violas ; The Ernst Busch viola ; The Pierre-Henri Xuereb viola ; The Klingmuller-Bader viola ; The Golani-Erdesz viola -- Conclusion to part one: 20th century violas -- Part two: Recent research related to the history of the viola. A tentative list of available viola concertos from the Baroque, the classic, and the early Romantic periods. The available viola concertos: Baroque, classic and early Romantic ; The Gehra viola concerto -- A profile of violists in the classical period / by Dr. Ann M. Woodward. Anspach, Bayreuth, Bentheim, Berlin, Bonn/Koln, Cassel, Dresden, Gotha, Mainz, Mannheim/Munich/Pfalz, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Oettinger-Wallerstein, Pressburg, Regensburg, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Trier, Wurtemberg -- Scordatura for the viola -- The identity of L. Casimir-Ney, his compositions, and an evaluation of his 24 Preludes for Solo Viola / written jointly by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sawodny and Dr. Maurice W. Riley -- Paul Hindemith's 90th birthday and the Paul-Hindemith-Institute -- A brief history of the viola in Argentina, Argentine violists, viola makers, and composers of viola music / by Eduardo R. Dali (translated by Maurice W. Riley). Additional compositions for viola ; Argentine luthiers -- Maurice Vieux, the father of the modern French viola school and les amis l'alto / by Albert Azancot, Robert Howes, Maurice W. Riley. Les amis de l'alto ; Les concours international de l'alto Maurice Vieux, Paris. Le 2eme concours, Lille. Le 3eme concours international de l'alto Maurice Vieux, Orleans. The contest for Luthiers (tone quality) -- Unpublished and out-of-print Italian viola music of Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802) and Ferdinando Giorgetti (1796-1867) / by Franco Sciannameo -- Italian violists / by Elena Belloni Filippi -- Yugoslavian violists / by Prof. Dr. Zvonimir Davide -- The Czechoslavia viola school / by Tully Potter -- Part three: History of the viola in the decade 1980-1990. The International Viola Society. Pioneering attempts by Hindemith, Borissovsky, and Altmann to found a society for violists ; The founding of The International Society -- The viola in 1980. The VIII IVG congress ; Guitare d'amour ; The Lionel Tertis Competition ; The Viola d'Amore Society ; The viola competitions in Munich ; Publications -- The viola in 1981. The IX IVG congress ; The International Viola Archives ; Publications -- The viola in 1982. The X IVG congress ; The Geneva Viola Competition ; The Naumburg Viola Competition ; The Viola d'Amore Society congress -- The viola in 1983. The XI IVG congress ; The Maurice Vieux Viola Competition ; The Munich Viola Competition ; Publications -- The Primrose International Viola Archive (PIVA) / contributed by Dr. David Dalton. The Primrose memorial concerts -- The viola in 1984. The XII IVG congress, and The Lionel Tertis Viola Competition ; French-Soviet seminar ; Musicological symposium ; The Viola d'Amore Society congress ; Publications -- The viola in 1985. The XIII IVG congress ; Violist's day ; Viola plus ; Publications -- The viola in 1986. Viola week ; The XIV IVG congress ; The Second Maurice Vieux Competition ; The ASTA Viola Competition ; The Viola d'Amore Society ; Congress ; Publications -- The viola in 1987. The XV IVG congress ; The Geneva Concours International d'Execution Musicale ; Viola plus -- The viola in 1988. The XVI IVG congress ; The Third Lionel Tertis Viola Competition ; The ASTA Viola Competition ; Bratsche Bash ; The Viola d'Amore congress ; Publications -- The viola in 1989. The XVII IVG congress ; Braschistentag ; The Third Maurice Vieux Competition -- The viola in 1990. The XVIII IVG congress ; The ASTA Viola Competition ; The AVS board meeting ; The Viola d'Amore Society congress ; The Viola Symposium in Germany ; The Gasparo da Salo celebration ; The British Viola Festival 1990 -- The past and the future for the viola. Protagonists of the viola ; In memoriam -- Part four: Appendix. Brief biographies of violists. Introduction. Ferenc Molnar ; Virginia Majewski ; Stefan Todorov Sugarev. |
| Abstract |
"Volume II of The History of the Viola is a supplement to the original History of the Viola, published in 1980. At that time there was no plan to publish a Volume II, and therefore the first publication was not listed as Volume I. The first edition, 1980, is now out-of-print. The demand for this book and the accumulation of new material related to viola history dictates the publication of the present edition, entitled Volume II, and the eventual reprinting of the original book in a revised form as Volume I. The 1980 edition included violas from the shops of such masters as the members of the Amati family, Gasparo da Salo, Paolo Maggini, Andrea Guarneri, Antonio Stradivarius, J. B. Guadagnini, and others; as well as information about 19th and 20th century craftsman who attempted to 'improve' the instrument. Volume II contains photographs and descriptions of 65 important violas that did not appear in the 1980 edition. When the 1980 edition was published, there was a limited amount of information available to the author. Once the book was published, however, museums, dealers, and individual owners of violas volunteered information and photographs in such quantity that it soon became evident that there had to be a Volume II in order to better deal with the instruments and other aspects of the history of the viola. More information and biographies were volunteered regarding violists in Argentina, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, the orient, Yugoslavia, and elsewhere. Scholarly research also has uncovered important information related to the music written for the viola, and the violists who performed this music. There has been also much accelerated activity of organizations promoting the viola. The decade between the publication of Volume I, in 1980, and the writing of Volume II, in 1990, has been one of the most eventful and productive periods in the history of the viola. It has been a period that is chronicled in the present edition. Many deserving violists had been unintentionally omitted from the biographies in the 'Appendix' of the 1980 edition. There has been an exhaustive attempt to rectify these omissions in the present edition. Volume II contains brief biographies of more than 300 violists who were not included in the 1980 edition, and with those in the 1980 edition have been brought up to date."--Dust jacket. |
| General note | "Brief biographies of violists": pages 355-447. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 448-450. |
| ISBN | 0960315020 |
| ISBN | 0960315039 |
